The process of finding a new dean for the Valparaiso Law School has begun. Law professor Rosalie Levinson is chairing the
search committee, and the national executive search firm Witt/Kieffer has been retained to assist.

Law professors involved with immigration clinics agree that a change in the national immigration law could create more work
for the clinics, especially if undocumented workers currently in the country had a path to citizenship.

Jay Conison had been planning to step down as dean of the Valparaiso University Law School, but his decision to lead another
law school was an unexpected opportunity and one that will keep him focused on changing legal education.

In his "Blueprint for Change" research paper, Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor William Henderson says the
legal education system needs to change. He also offers a plan to transform legal education to better fit the changing legal
marketplace.

Law schools have two natures. On the one hand, they are graduate academic programs, generally in universities. On the other
hand, a law school is a path to a career. Through the educational program and other services, it develops professional skills
in students and supports their entry into law or other professional practice.

University of Chicago Law School professor Brian Leiter will deliver this year’s Seegers Lecture on Jurisprudence Thursday
at Valparaiso University Law School. His topic is “Legal Realisms, Old and New.”

This fall, Valparaiso Law is launching a new program that will help students organize their three years of career-related
activities and complete the steps essential to fulfilling career goals. The program is provided through a mobile website named
VOLT, which the school believe is the first of its kind.

Indiana Justice Steven David, appellate Judge Melissa May and lawyers and judges from Pro Bono District A, will be among the
presenters at a day-long CLE event July 27 at Valparaiso University Law School. “A Potpourri of Timely Topics”
is co-sponsored by the law school and NWI Volunteer Lawyers Inc., the District A pro bono project.